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Larry Krystkowiak wiki, bio, age, basketball, wife, salary

Posted : 07 Jan, 2016

Larry Krystkowiak who is a retired American professional basketball player is currently the ehad coach of Utah Utes Men’s Basketball Team. His nick names include Special K and Krysko. He is the native of Missoula, Montana, United States. He came into this world on 23rd September of the year 1964 which has now made him reach at the age of 51. He is a very tall guy with the towering height of six feet and nine inches that is 2.06 m. His weight has been recorded as 100 kg that is 220 lbs. Although he is known by the name Larry Krystkowiak, as a child, he was named as Larry Brett Krystkowiak. He is the son of Bernard and Helen Krystkowiak. At very young age, his mother always used to encourage him to participate in the sports.

He primarily grew up in Shelby, Montana. When he was 15 years old, he moved out of the Shelby and then he finished his high school career at the Big Sky High School located in Missoula. During that time, he lived along with his elder brother named Bernie. He also played the college basketball for University of Montana from the year 1982 till 1986 and he still holds the record of the school for career points scored and rebounds. Larry is the only person who has been named as Big Sky Conference MVP for three times.

Larry was selected by Chicago Bulls in 2nd round of 1986 NBA draft. After that, he started his coaching career in the year 1998 as the assistant to Don Holst at his alma mater, The University of Montana. He also coached at the Montana until 2000 when he left for joining the Old Dominion as the assistant under the former Griz head coach Blaine Taylor. In May 2004, he was hired as the head Men’s Basketball coach at University of Montana. After that, he took the job as assistant coach with Milwaukee Bucks under Terry Stotts in June 2006. In July of 2010, he joined New Jersey Nets where he coached staff along with Avery Johnson and Sam Mitchell.

Moving on to his personal life biography, Larry has already got married. He is married to his wife named Jan with whom he has five children together. Their children have been named as Cam, Luc, Ben and the twin girls Samantha and Finley. Larry has only seen his father once in more than 30 years because of the issues in his early life. Besides that, to know more info related to his bio and salary, he can also be followed in Instagram and Twitter.